| tin radioisotopes | Unstable isotopes of tin that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Sn atoms with atomic weights 108-111, 113, 120-121, 123 and 125-128 are tin radioisotopes. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tin-113 | A radioisotope of tin with a physical half-life of 115.1 days; used in the manufacture of radionuclide generators for the production of indium-113m. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tinamides | <ornithology> A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tinamou | <ornithology> Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera. In general appearance and habits they resemble grouse and partridges, but in anatomical characters they are allied to the ostriches and other struthious birds. Their wings are of moderate length, and they are able to fly a considerable distance. Origin: From the native name: cf. F. Tinamous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tincal | <chemistry> Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax. Origin: Ar, Per. & Hind. Tinkar; cf. Malay tingkal; all fr. Skr. Akaa. Cf. Altincar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tinct | Abbreviation of L. Tinctura, tincture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tinctable | Stainable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tinction | 1. A stain; a preparation for staining. 2. The act of staining. Origin: L. Tingo, pp. Tinctus, to dye (05 Mar 2000) |
| tinctorial | Relating to colouring or staining. Origin: L. Tinctorius, fr. Tingo, to dye (05 Mar 2000) |
| tinctura | Synonym: tincture. Origin: L. A dyeing, fr. Tingo, pp. Tinctus, to dye (05 Mar 2000) |
| tincturation | The making of a tincture from a crude drug. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tincture | 1. A tinge or shade of colour; a tint; as, a tincture of red. 2. One of the metals, colours, or furs used in armory. There are two metals: gold, called or, and represented in engraving by a white surface covered with small dots; and silver, called argent, and represented by a plain white surface. The colours and their representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or horizontal lines; black, called sable, or horizontal and vertical lines crossing; green, called vert, or diagonal lines from dexter chief corner; purple, called purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief corner. The furs are ermine, ermines, erminois, pean, vair, counter vair, potent, and counter potent. 3. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent. 4. <medicine> A solution (commonly coloured) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution. According to the United States Pharmacopoeia, the term tincture (also called alcoholic tincture, and spirituous tincture) is reserved for the alcoholic solutions of nonvolatile substances, alcoholic solutions of volatile substances being called spirits. Ethereal tincture, a solution of medicinal substance in ether. 5. A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel. 6. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners. "All manners take a tincture from our own." (Pope) "Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture." (Macaulay) Origin: L. Tinctura a dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, to tinge, dye: cf. OE. Tainture, teinture, F. Teinture, L. Tinctura. See Tinge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tine | To kindle; to set on fire. See Tind. "To tine the cloven wood." "Coals of contention and hot vegneance tind." (Spenser) See: Tind. To kindle; to rage; to smart. "Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine." (Spenser) Origin: Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tinea | 1. <medicine> A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis. 2. <zoology> A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths. Origin: L, a worm, a moth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tinea amiantacea | An inflammatory condition of the scalp in which heavy scales extend onto the hairs and bind the proximal portions together; it is not caused by a fungus. Synonym: pityriasis amiantacea. (05 Mar 2000) |